Madrid, capital of Spain, is a city with large numbers of historic sites resting in the shadows of modern skyscrapers.
This city of over 3, 23 million people, up from 2,88 million in 2000, is proud of Western Europe’s royal palace, considered by many to be Madrid’s most beautiful building. Inside the Royal Palace 2,800 rooms are decorated with museum-quality furniture and artwork.
The internationally loved Prado Museum is the largest and most impressive art gallery in Spain. Opened in 1819, it is filled with works of art that include the world’s most comprehensive collection of Spanish paintings.
Spain is famous for its delicious ham, and there’s no better place to try it than at Museo del Jamón, which has five branches around the city. Hanging from the ceiling of each branch are dozens of hams of different types and flavors. Taste them in the bar.
Madrid had some of Europe’s best shopping. For 500 years, shoppers have gathered to a large outdoor flea market (跳蚤市场) known as the Rastro, where they find everything from antiques (古董) to CDs.
Get a great view of the city from Teleferico de Madrid. This cable car (缆车) takes you on a 2.5kilometer trip 40 meters above the Manzanares River and Casa de Campo park. For a refreshing choice, relax beside the swimming pool on the roof of the Emperador Hotel. Enjoy delicious desserts and drinks while viewing the city, or take a dip in the cool water.
No trip to Madrid is complete without seeing a performance of Spain’s famous art form, flamenco. Every day, flamenco performers sing, dance or play the guitar in small cafes and grand theaters alike.
1.What can readers learn about Madrid from this article?
A. How it develops its attractions.
B. How it will continue to improve
C. How its population has changed
D. How its lovely parks came into being
2.Which of the following should you not visit if you suffer from a fear of heights?
A. The Royal Palace
B. The Prado Museum
C. The Museo del Jamón
D. The Teleferico de Madrid
3.What can we learn about the Rastro from the article?
A. The fascinating story behind its creation
B. The variety of goods on offer there
C. The very low entrance fee that it charges
D. The convenience of its downtown location
4.In which magazine would this article most likely appear?
A. Best Relaxation Destination
B. Modern Country Living
C. Foreign Affairs Quarterly
D. Fashion News
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山东青岛高三上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Forgiveness is really a gift we give to ourselves．A 1. (power)way of forgiving is to see past the adult behavior to the little innocent child within the person we would like to forgive．
Betty was having a particularly hard time because her father had acted wrongly．Yet 2. (continue)to hate him was causing much unhappiness in Betty’s life．
I asked her to find a picture of her father as a young child and put it in a place3. she could see it often．She found a photo of him 4. (take)at the age of six．As she more and more studied the photo，she began to see the sadness and loneliness in his eyes．A month 5. (late)，Betty found a photo of her father at ten years old．His eyes were still full 6. sadness and loneliness．Through studying these 7. (photo)，Betty was able to feel compassion(同情)for her father’s childhood．This compassion did not make her father’s actions right， 8. Betty could now understand the pain in her father．Betty’s heart was free of the bitterness and hatred(憎恨)she 9. (carry)for most of her life．Forgiveness for her father was a gift she gave to herself.
Perhaps there are similar gifts you could give yourself. You should 10. (full)feel your love and not have it covered by past hatred．
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林长春十一高中高二上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.
“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They (elevators) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”
We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.
He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box. If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance. When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.
New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.
Why are we so awkward in lifts?
“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”
In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.
1.The main purpose of the article is to _____.
A. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette
B. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride
C. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator
D. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator
2.According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____.
A. turn around and greet one another
B. try to keep a distance from other people
C. look around or examine their phone
D. make eye contact with those in the elevator
3.The writer wrote the passage in a tone of ___________.
A. disapproved B. supportive
C. negative D. objective
4.Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林实验中学高二上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship (学徒期) as a union painter and dry waller. On Friday morning，she was thanking God she had it.
On Thursday night，while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter，nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment，she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4?year?old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying，“We’re going to die，”she knew she had to act.Pina,39，first sealed the door，and then told all four children to get on the floor. After calling 911，she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety. “I said，‘OK，we’re going to lie down and we’re all going to play a game，’” Pina said. “We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun.” Pina patiently waited，and a few minutes later，Riverside County sheriff’s deputies (治安官的助手) arrived. Pina，Ilean,8?year?old Gabriel Parga,5?year?old Aubreyana Parga and 4?year?old Meriyah Parga were all trapped on the second floor as flames filled the first story. Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children，one?by?one，into the arms of the sheriff’s deputies about 15 to 20 feet below. “I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldn’t be afraid，”Pina said. “I was deathly afraid inside，but I couldn’t let them know that.”[Not long after dropping the children out of the window，firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke，but nobody was seriously injured.
1.The text is mainly about________.
A.a big fire without serious injury
B.an urgent call 911
C.a brave babysitter
D.a babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire
2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to________.
A.a union painter
B.a dry waller
C.the fire safety training
D.the apprenticeship
3..Before Lisa Pina called 911，in order to prevent the fire，she________.
A. let children get on the floor
B.opened the windows of the second floor
C.closed the door hard
D.had children start singing
4.According to the text，we know that________.
A.Lisa Pina was the last one to be rescued
B.the fire didn’t cause any injury
C.the children were sent to hospital after the fire
D.during the fire Lisa Pina wasn’t afraid at all
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林实验中学高二上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
To keep healthy, Professor Johnson ______ cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.
A. carried out B. caught on C. took up D. made for
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东佛山第一中学高一10月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Twenty－one years ago, my husband gave me Sam, an eight－week－old dog, to help me ease the loss of our daughter. Later my husband and I moved from New York to New Jersey where our neighbor, whose cat had ________ had kittens, asked us if we would like one. We were afraid that Sam would not be ________ , but we made up our ________ to take a kitten.
We picked a little, gray, playful cat. She ________ around running after imaginary mice and squirrels and jumped from table to chair very ________ , so we named her Lightning (闪电).
At ________ , Sam and Lightning were not close to each other. But slowly, as the days went on, Lightning started ________ Sam. They slept together, ate together and played together. When I took ________ one out of the house, the other was always ________ by the door when we returned. That was the ________ it was for years.
Then, without any ________ , Sam suddenly died of a weak heart. This time, there was no Sam for Lightning to greet and no way to ________ why she would never see her friend again.
In the ________ that followed, Lightning seemed heartbroken. She could not ________ me in words that she was ________ , but I could see the pain and ________ in her eyes whenever anyone opened the front door. The weeks ________ by, and the cat’s sorrow seemed to be lifting. One day as I walked into our living room, I ________ to have a look at the floor next to our sofa where we had a sculptured replica (雕塑复制品) of Sam that we had bought a few years before. ________ next to the statue, one arm wrapped around the statue’s neck, was Lightning, sleeping with her best ________ .
1.A. recently B．lastly C．firstly D．never
2.A. sad B．excited C．disappointed D．glad
3.A. minds B．hearts C．heads D．brains
4.A. walked B．climbed C．raced D．hid
5.A. slowly B．quickly C．carefully D．bravely
6.A. last B．noon C．night D．first
7.A. leaving B．following C．hating D．catching
8.A. neither B．both C．either D．any
9.A. waiting B．sleeping C．crying D．barking
10.A. road B．path C．way D．street
11.A. words B．diseases C．fear D．warning
12.A. talk B．explain C．think D．write
13.A. days B．months C．seasons D．years
14.A. express B．tell C．report D．say
15.A. enjoying B. doing C．suffering D．missing
16.A. disappointment B．anger C．gathered D．fun
17.A. came B．went C．gathered D．walked
18.A. seemed B．appeared C．happened D．meant
19.A. Running B．Laying C．Playing D．Lying
20.A. friend B．enemy C．sofa D．chair
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年山西晋城一中高二12月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空
Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die. But people now live longer than they_________. Yet, all living things still show the__________of aging, which will eventually___________death.
Aging is not a disease, but as a person passes maturity (成熟期), the cells of the body and the__________they form do not function as well as they____________in childhood and teenage years. The body provides less__________against disease and is more_________to have an accident.
A number of related causes may___________to aging. Some cells of the body have a fairly long life, but they are not____________when they die. As a person ages, ________ of brain cells and muscle cells decreases. ________ body cells die and are replaced by new cells. In an aging person the________ cells may not be as workable or as capable ________ growth as those of a young person.
Another ________ in aging may be changes within the cells________ . Some of the protein(蛋白质) chemicals in cells are known ________ with age and become less elastic (有弹性). This is why the skin of old people wrinkles（起皱纹）and ________ . This is also the reason why old people ________ in height. There may be other more important chemical changes in the cells. Some complex cell chemicals, such as DNA and RNA, store and ________ information that the cells need. Aging may affect this ________ and change the information carrying molecules(分子) so that they do not transmit the information as well.
1.A. would B. be used to C. used to D. used
2.A. function B. effect C. affect D. sign
3.A. lead in B. give in C. run into D. result in
4.A. hands B. feet C. heart D. organs
5.A. do B. has done C. did D. had done
6.A. energy B. protection C. prevention D. power
7.A. likely B. probable C. possible D. alike
8.A. attend B. lead C. add D. devote
9.A. replaced B. rebuilt C. recovered D. rearranged
10.A. a number B. the amount C. the number D. a great deal
11.A. The others B. Others C. Another D. Other
12.A. old B. left C. new D. other
13.A. to B. for C. of D. in
14.A. factor B. effect C. reason D. element
15.A. for themselves B. of themselves C. themselves D. on their own
16.A. change B. to have changed C. to change D. to be changed
17.A. becomes loose B. is become loosely C. became loosely D. is becoming loose
18.A. increase B. shrink C. lengthen D. decrease
19.A. pass away B. pass by C. pass off D. pass on
20.A. improvement B. possess C. approach D. process
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林长春十一高中高一上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
假设你是李华，上周你班就中学生是否应该用互联网学习英语进行了讨论。请你给二十一世纪英语报写一封信，介绍不同观点，并发表自己的看法。
要点包括：
1.赞成:下载资料、分享经验、听歌、看电影
2.反对:浪费时间精力、沉迷游戏、聊天
3.你的观点
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：沉迷：be addicted to
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年福建师大附中高二上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
I am 26. I’m clear that I’m never going to catch up with Mother Teresa. But I want to do something to help people every single day like her.
Everybody thinks we just serve food and soda. The safety training is serious and stressful. Caring for 49 people in a business class in 90 minutes is not easy. I had a roommate who was a waitress; she just left a candle and a table cloth burning, and I used a fire extinguisher (灭火器) to put out the fire. If something goes bad at her job, she calls the police. But if something happens up in the air, it’s up to us.
I’m single and have no kids. I’ve flown every Christmas since 1995. If I fly, someone else can be with their kids. Christmas in an airport can be depressing, but it’s the little things that make a difference.
We’re not robots. It’s hard to put on a smile and just pretend everything is great when it isn’t. I’ve seen co-workers lose a family member the day before a trip and just pull themselves together (take control of their feelings and behave in a calm way). At the end of a 14-hour flight, it’s like, “It was really nice to help you, but I’m ready for you to get off the plane.” Those last 15 minutes can be the longest 15 minutes of your life. You can’t wait to turn off the flight attendant’s voice and get something to eat without anyone saying “Excuse me.”
Sometimes I go all day and never hear a “please” or a “thank you.” When you say thank you, it’s huge. It makes us feel like you actually see us as fellow humans. We’re up there together at a height of 30,000 feet, enjoying the miracle (奇迹) of the modern flight.
1.What’s the author’s attitude towards Mother Teresa?
A. Grateful. B. Fearful.
C. Doubtful. D. Admiring.
2. How did the author like her roommate’s job?
A. It was the same as hers.
B. It was more interesting than hers.
C. It was easier than hers.
D. It was more serious than hers.
3.Why does the author fly every Christmas?
A. Because she has nowhere to go.
B. Because she’s trying to be a helpful co-worker.
C. Because she owes her co-workers some favors.
D. Because she’d like to earn more money.
4.What does the author imply by saying the underlined sentence “We’re not robots”?
A. Flight attendants are not stronger than robots.
B. Flight attendants also experience emotions.
C. Flight attendants get tired while robots don’t.
D. Flight attendants need to rest now and then.
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